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2024 GRACE AWARDS: PEOPLE'S CHOICE FINALISTS

Vote For Your Favorite People's Choice Finalists

Congratulations to the finalists of this year’s Georgia on my Mind People’s Choice Awards! They were nominated by you and the winners will be selected with your vote!

Vote for your favorites by Sunday, October 20.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 GRACE Awards - Monday, December 9.

Register to attend.

HURRICANE HELENE TAX RELIEF

IRS Provides Relief for Helene

The Internal Revenue Service announced disaster tax relief for all individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Helene.

Taxpayers now have until May 1, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.

Continue reading.

SHRM-ATLANTA CONFERENCE

2024 Atlanta Works Conference

Our friends at SHRM-Atlanta are hosting another virtual conference focused on technology and law that will be taking place on Friday, November 1. The website with the agenda can be found here.

Please let us know if you would like to attend and we will work with SHRM-Atlanta on a group discount for GRA members. Contact Sarah Thorson if you are interested in attending.

COASTAL GEORGIA KITCHEN CABINET

Join Us in Savannah for Kitchen Cabinet

We're headed to Savannah for our next Coastal Georgia Kitchen Cabinet! Join us for industry networking, seasonal wine and food tasting and more!

When: Monday, October 21

Where: The Room at Common

RSVP.

POTENTIAL RESTAURANT SPACE IN CITY OF THOMASTON

Potential Restaurant Space in Historic Thomaston

The city of Thomaston, GA just released a RFP for a potential restaurant space. The building was constructed in 1966 and used as fire station in downtown.

Find more information here.

WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK:

Combating Rising Food Costs With New Startup

Yes, Waffle House Really Has a Storm Center

Two Atlanta Restaurants Make NYT 'The Restaurant List 2024'

Michelin Guide Returns to Atlanta

FEDERAL UPDATE

• Restaurant Law Center Joins Fight to Protect Unique IL Swipe Fee Law

Illinois passed a first-of-its-kind law exempting state sales taxes and employee tips from swipe fees. In both cases, restaurants do not keep any of the money but pass it on to servers or the local government.

Read the full overview.

• The FTC is Cracking Down on Misleading Menu Claims

Ten seafood restaurants recently received a warning letter on how “wild-caught, American seafood” may be advertised when the seafood is actually from farm-raised foreign sources.

The letter, sent by an official at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said the agency will crack down on false claims of locally caught fare and how “eat local” slogans or restaurant décor could be flagged as false implied claims, which could illegally mislead customers.

Read the full overview.

• New Study Finds Eliminating the Tip Credit Has No Impact On Earning Gaps

The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) recently released a study conducted by University of California-Irvine economists, that finds eliminating the tip credit does not have any discernible impact on eliminating earnings gaps between minority, female, and white male employees.

Read the full report.

• Voluntary FDA Sodium Reduction Recommendations Released

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed Phase II voluntary targets to reduce sodium in over 150 categories of packaged foods and restaurant foods.

Read the full overview.

Coastal Georgia Kitchen Cabinet - Savannah

Georgia Restaurant Association

Monday, October 21 l 5:30PM

RSVP.

8th Annual Restaurant Legal Summit

Restaurant Law Center

October 23-25

Register.

SHRM: Atlanta Works Conference

Society for Human Resource Management

Friday, November 1 l 9:00AM - 3:30PM

Register.

GRACE Awards

Georgia Restaurant Association

Monday, December 9 l 6:00PM - 10:00PM

Register.

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